Welcome Spring!

• First day of spring is also called the vernal equinox.  Vernal and equinox are Latin terms meaning spring and equal night respectively:  twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of darkness (or there about).
• Spring is a season for ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection, and regrowth.

• Plants begin to grow in Spring because of ample availability of water, light, warmth and soil (compost).
• Flooding is common in and near mountainous area because of melting of snow.
• Hurricane season begins in late spring and Tornado Alley is most active this time of the year
• Spring marks the transition from Winter to Summer
• The sun rises in the earlier hours of the morning and sets later on in the afternoon, the days get slightly warmer

• Spring flowers start to appear, birds start building their nest and the farmers deliver new born lambs